महाभारतः mahābhārataḥ - book-13, chapter-116, verse-42

अप्रोक्षितं वृथामांसं विधिहीनं न भक्षयेत् ।
भक्षयन्निरयं याति नरो नास्त्यत्र संशयः ॥४२॥

42. aprokṣitaṁ vṛthāmāṁsaṁ vidhihīnaṁ na bhakṣayet ,
bhakṣayannirayaṁ yāti naro nāstyatra saṁśayaḥ.

42. aprokṣitam vṛthāmāṃsam vidhihīnam na bhakṣayet
bhakṣayan nirayam yāti naraḥ na asti atra saṃśayaḥ

42. aprokṣitam,
vṛthāmāṃsam,
vidhihīnam (māṃsam) na bhakṣayet.
(yaḥ) naraḥ (etat) bhakṣayan nirayam yāti,
atra saṃśayaḥ na asti.

42. One should not eat meat that is unconsecrated (aprokṣitam), uselessly slaughtered (vṛthāmāṃsam), or lacking proper ritual procedure (vidhihīnam). A person who eats such meat certainly goes to hell; there is no doubt about this.

Words meanings summery:

• अप्रोक्षितम् (aprokṣitam) - unconsecrated, un-sprinkled with sacred water

• वृथामांसम् (vṛthāmāṁsam) - useless meat, meat killed in vain (not for ritual/subsistence)

• विधिहीनम् (vidhihīnam) - without ritual, devoid of prescription, unprescribed

• न (na) - not, no

• भक्षयेत् (bhakṣayet) - one should eat, one may eat

• भक्षयन् (bhakṣayan) - eating, consuming

• निरयम् (nirayam) - to hell, to a miserable state

• याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds

• नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

• न (na) - not, no

• अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

• अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, in this case

• संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

Words meanings and morphology

अप्रोक्षितम् (aprokṣitam) - unconsecrated, un-sprinkled with sacred water

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of aprokṣita

aprokṣita - un-sprinkled, unconsecrated, not purified with water

Past Passive Participle (negative)

Derived from root ukṣ (to sprinkle) with prefix pra- and negation a-

Prefixes: a+pra

Root: ukṣ (class 1)

Note: Modifies 'māṃsam' (implied).

वृथामांसम् (vṛthāmāṁsam) - useless meat, meat killed in vain (not for ritual/subsistence)

(noun)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vṛthāmāṃsa

vṛthāmāṁsa - meat killed in vain, improper meat, useless meat

Compound type : karmadhāraya (vṛthā+māṃsa)

• vṛthā – in vain, uselessly, improperly
  indeclinable
• māṃsa – meat, flesh
  noun (neuter)

Note: Modifies 'māṃsam' (implied).

विधिहीनम् (vidhihīnam) - without ritual, devoid of prescription, unprescribed

(adjective)

Accusative, neuter, singular of vidhihīna

vidhihīna - devoid of rule or prescription, unauthorized, informal

Compound type : tatpuruṣa (vidhi+hīna)

• vidhi – rule, injunction, ritual, procedure
  noun (masculine)
  Prefix: vi
  Root: dhā (class 3)
• hīna – devoid of, deficient in, inferior
  adjective (neuter)
  Past Passive Participle
  Derived from root hā (to abandon, forsake)
  Root: hā (class 3)

Note: Modifies 'māṃsam' (implied).

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates the verb 'bhakṣayet'.

भक्षयेत् (bhakṣayet) - one should eat, one may eat

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, optative (vidhiliṅ) of bhakṣ

Optative Mood

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

भक्षयन् (bhakṣayan) - eating, consuming

(participle)

Nominative, masculine, singular of bhakṣayat

bhakṣayat - eating, consuming

Present Participle

Derived from root bhakṣ (to eat) with present participle suffix -at

Root: bhakṣ (class 10)

Note: Refers to the person who eats (naraḥ).

निरयम् (nirayam) - to hell, to a miserable state

(noun)

Accusative, masculine, singular of niraya

niraya - hell, a bad state, perdition

Note: Object of motion verb 'yāti'.

याति (yāti) - goes, proceeds

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of yā

Present Tense

Root: yā (class 2)

नरः (naraḥ) - a man, a person

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of nara

nara - man, person, male

Note: Subject of 'yāti'.

न (na) - not, no

(indeclinable)

Note: Negates 'asti'.

अस्ति (asti) - is, exists

(verb)

3rd person , singular, active, present (laṭ) of as

Present Tense

Root: as (class 2)

अत्र (atra) - here, in this matter, in this case

(indeclinable)

संशयः (saṁśayaḥ) - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion

(noun)

Nominative, masculine, singular of saṃśaya

saṁśaya - doubt, uncertainty, suspicion, indecision

Derived from root śī (to lie) with prefix sam-

Prefix: sam

Root: śī (class 2)

Note: Subject of 'na asti'.